Roger Federer began the defence of his French Open title with a comfortable victory over Peter Luczak.
Defending champion up and running in Paris
Roger Federer encountered few problems as he began the defence of his French Open title with a comfortable victory over Australian Peter Luczak.
The world number one eased back into Grand Slam action with a 6-4 6-1 6-2 victory on court Philippe Chatrier.
The solitary break of the opening set came in game 10, Federer hitting his world number 71 opponent with a sucker punch to claim the set 6-4.
The following set was much more convincing and it was merely a matter of time in the third as the world number one reeled off four games in a row from 2-2 to seal victory.
Federer, who plays Colombia's Alejandro Falla in round two, later hailed the victory as the best possible start to his campaign.
"The beginning is always important, coming back as defending champion and trying to get off to a good start," he said.
"I served well. I never really got a chance on my serve, so I was pretty relaxed.
"I finally got a chance again at 5-4, so it was a good first set for me, without any hiccups on my own serve. After that, things were a bit easier.
"I could relax a bit more, and then the scoreline changed and towards the end I played some great drop shots.
"So it was a perfect match to get off to in the French Open campaign."
Composure
Number three seed Novak Djokovic also progressed on day two, albeit after a second set wobble against Evgeny Korolev.
The former Australian Open champion eventually came through 6-1 3-6 6-1 6-3 on Suzanne Lenglen Court to set up a meeting with either Kei Nishikori or Santiago Giraldo.
Djokovic looked like steamrollering his opponent after racing to a set and a break lead.
But the Serb lost six of the next seven games as Korolev - a cousin of Anna Kournikova - went for broke, especially on his forehand.
The Kazakh was forced to save break-back points serving for the set, and double-faulted on his first set point, but he kept his composure to serve it out.
The same could not be said in the third set, though, as Djokovic raced into a 5-0 lead before comfortably moving 2-1 ahead in sets.
The 23-year-old did not hang around in the fourth either, instantly breaking his opponent before sealing the win.
